You know, man, when i was a young man in high school You believe in or not i wanted to play football for the coach And all those older guys They said he was mean and cruel, but you know Wanted to play football for the coach They said i was to little too light weight to play line-backer So i say i'm playing right-end Wanted to play football for the coach 'cause, you know some day, man You gotta stand up straight unless you're gonna fall Then you're gone to die And the straightest dude I ever knew was standing right for me all the time So i had to play football for the coach And i wanted to play